Harrisville, New York
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Sherburne town. It lies in ZIP code area 13460. It lies near Hunts Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Sherburne quadrangle. It stands 1,283 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1910 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 76 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 17 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1910 USGS New Berlin quadrangle1:62500
- 1912 USGS New Berlin quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1943 USGS Sherburne quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1945 USGS Sherburne quadrangle1:31680
- 1948 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Norwich quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
40 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Harrisville between 1994 and 2020, burning about 73 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 23 August 2020 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 6 July 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 3 July 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 27 July 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 2 July 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 16 July 2002 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 3.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 24 June 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Harrisville: 2 producers, 2 past producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hill Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| North Norwich Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Sheburne Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Webbs Gravel Bed | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sherburne | 1.9 miles | 17 | |
| Columbus | 4.8 miles | 17 | |
| Sherburne Four Corners | 4.9 miles | 18 | |
| North Norwich | 5.5 miles | 19 | |
| Smyrna | 5.7 miles | 18 | |
| Galena | 5.9 miles | 19 | |
| Chenango Lake | 6.7 miles | 17 | |
| Plasterville | 7.2 miles | 19 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q34679361 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 952290. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.








